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             ᑳᔥᑭᒫᐤ  kaashkimaau
            [vta]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            s/he experiences bad luck in hunting after sharing catch with a certain person (ex a dog who eats beaver bones means trapper will no longer kill beaver)
        
        
                        
             ᑯᑖᐅᔅᒑᐤ  kutaauschaau
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            it (animal) becomes scarce for a certain number of years, goes in a cycle, literally 'goes underground'
        
        
                        
             ᒫᐦᐄᑯᔥᑖᐤ  maahiikushtaau
            [vta]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            s/he does not pile the wood correctly which could bring bad luck in hunting
        
        
                        
             ᐹᐧᑖᐧᐋᑖᒨ  paatwaawaataamuu
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            its (anim) breath can be heard by the hunter as it draws closer to her/him
        
        
                        
             ᓵᓱᐧᐃᐦᑯᓂᒫᐦᑖᐤ  saasuwihkunimaahtaau
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 N                     
            
            
            s/he has blood on her/his clothes, coming back from hunting
        
        
                        
             ᑳᔅᑲᑐᐧᐁᐤ  kaaskatuweu
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
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            s/he/it (anim) brings bad luck to a hunter by eating the wrong part of an animal (ex a dog who eats beaver bones means trapper will no longer kill beaver)
        
        
                        
             ᐯᑖᐳᑯᑎᓲ  petaapukutisuu
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
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            s/he brings home a large amount of food from hunting by toboggan, sled
        
        
                        
             ᐱᔑᐦᐆ  pishihuu
            [vai]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
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            s/he can no longer kill game because s/he did not treat the animals with sufficient respect
        
        
                        
             ᐱᔑᐦᐅᐧᐃᓐ  pishihuwin
            [ni]
            
            
                
            
                                                   
             
                 S                     
            
            
            animals can no longer be killed because the hunter did not treat them with sufficient respect
        
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            ᐗᒋᔥᒄ    (N:29 S:10)            
            
            
muskrat   
            
            
Components: -chishkw-, -chishku-   
             
        
        
            
            
                
            
            
            
            ᓂᒋᒄ    (N:15 S:12)            
            
            
otter   
            
            
Components: -chikw-, -chiku-   
             
        
        
            
            
                
            
            
            
            ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐋᐱᒋᐦᐆᓐᐦ    (N:62 S:63)            
            
            
hunting tools   
            
            
   
             
        
        